972
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| Years: 968 969 970 971 - 972 - 973 974 975 976 |
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| Decades: 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s |
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| Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
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| 972 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 972 CMLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1725 |
| Armenian calendar | 421 ԹՎ ՆԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -872 – -871 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1516 |
| Chinese calendar | 3608/3668-12-12 (辛未年十二月十二日) — to —
3609/3669-11-23(壬申年十一月廿三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 964 – 965 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4732 – 4733 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1027 – 1028 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 894 – 895 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4073 – 4074 |
| Holocene calendar | 10972 |
| Iranian calendar | 350 – 351 |
| Islamic calendar | 361 – 362 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1632 (皇紀1632年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10972 |
| Julian calendar | 1017 |
| Korean calendar | 3305 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1515 |
[edit] Events
- Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.
- Battle of Cedynia - Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans.
- Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.
- Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia.
- Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.
- Fatimids enter Egypt, establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.
- Buluggin ibn Ziri appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, start of the Zirid dynasty
- The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.
- Saint Eadburga is canonized.
- Emperor John Tzimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine dependency.
- A battle between Estonian and Icelandic vikings in Saaremaa described in Njál's saga.
[edit] Births
- March 27 - King Robert II of France (d. 1031)
- Al-Mawardi
- Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1057)
- Fujiwara no Yukinari
- Fulk III of Anjou
- Pope Gregory V
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Renauld I, Count of Nevers
[edit] Deaths
- July 15 - Boleslav I of Bohemia
- September 6 - Pope John XIII
- Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian
- Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev
